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C++

Reading and Writing Files in C++

Use getline for text and binary modes for raw bytes.

Reading and Writing Files in C++ — a practical guide to C++ read write files with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

C++ Tutorial Series (77/111). Prefer one article? Read the complete C++ tutorial.

Short description

Prefer RAII file streams over manual FILE* unless needed.

Read lines

#include <fstream>
#include <string>
std::ifstream in("data.txt");
std::string line;
while (std::getline(in, line)) {
    std::cout << line << 'n';
}

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